TABLE 1.

Treatment strategies and examples of drug selection in Kampo medicine.

Characteristic symptoms other than pain	Treatment strategies	Representative example of Kampo formulae	References
Cold	Warm	Goshajinkigan (GJG)	Takayama et al., 2018; Matsubara et al., 2021
Heat/inflammation	Cool/anti-inflammatory	Eppikajutsuto (EJT)	Kogure et al., 2013; Shinkai et al., 2017
Microangiopathy	Improving blood flow	Keishibukuryogan (KBG)	Endo et al., 2008; Fujita et al., 2010
Dropsy/abnormal water metabolism	Improving water metabolism	Goreisan (GRS)	Yano et al., 2017; Murakami et al., 2021
Stress/anxiety	Antistress/antianxiety	Yokukansan (YKS)	Katahira et al., 2017; Wada et al., 2017
Decreased physical strength/immune deficiency	Improving physical fitness/improving immunity	Juzentaihoto (JTT)	Ishikawa et al., 2017; Takaku et al., 2020